Back to the Republic of China as a commander

The heavy artillery positions of the Japanese army were still a little far away from the ammunition storage point, so they were not affected, and casualties were not serious, but without shells, these cannons were not even as good as scrap iron.What's more serious is that the captain of the artillery wing was the first batch of the entire wing to be killed in this bombing.His command post was less than 40 meters away from the ammunition accumulation point, so he was naturally dead and couldn't die anymore.Lost ammunition, lost the commander, there is no way, the artillery immediately became infantry, and under the command of low-level officers, they were organized to rush forward to support other Japanese troops.

However, the youth army's air force didn't know that they had done meritorious service with three off-topic bombs. They only knew that there was a big explosion just now, but the Japanese army's cannons were still standing there intact, so the bombing turned into a training session. Everyone Flying the plane back and forth, aiming at the cannons on the ground again, it was better this time, destroying at least a dozen cannons.Afterwards, when the Japanese prisoners of war were captured, they realized that these cannons were supposed to be the trophies of the youth army. After seeing the interrogation report, Bai Chongxi angrily reprimanded Yang Xianyi and the Air Force for their prodigal actions.

It was after the war that Bai Chongxi lost his temper. Now someone is much more angry than him. In the division headquarters of No.30 Division, all the staff officers stopped their work and watched the division seat yelling at the telephone. . .

"Mom, I brought you out of Yunnan to make you ashamed. If you are afraid of death, don't be a soldier. If you are a soldier, don't embarrass us Yunnan people. How did the youth army treat you? Food, drink and clothes, You still fight the war like this, you are not ashamed, I still feel ashamed...I don’t care what your reasons are, what difficulties are there? The tank brigade has rushed in now, if you continue to dawdle, I promise, Soldiers retreat and I shoot the squad leader, the squad leader retreats and I shoot the platoon leader, and the platoon leader retreats and I shoot the company commander... If the battalion commander retreats, you don't need to see me, you bastard, and you end up on your own. What about the courage when you protect your body? Where?... I am now ordering you to organize your troops immediately. After three or ten minutes, you must plant my tiger flag on the Japanese army's position. Otherwise, you don't have to do this regiment leader. I will replace you. Do you hear me? ?”

Fan Shisheng spoke Yunnan dialect to the phone and reprimanded his regiment leaders there.It's really embarrassing. The assault of tens of thousands of people actually made it easy for a few suicide squads of the Japanese army to drive them down.It's okay to say that the casualties are large. After counting, the loss is not even a single one. Mom, when did the [-]th Division become such a coward.

There is another layer of relationship, that is, when the Southwest Incident occurred, Fan Shisheng and others from the Yunnan Army all followed Gu Pinzhen and defected.Gu Pinzhen was a special case. He had a good relationship with Wang Zhenyu's brothers Lu Diping and military adviser Yang Du, so he didn't have to rely on anyone, but out of self-protection, he didn't stand on his own.So Fan Shisheng finally had to choose to join Xiong Kewu's line. Because of Huang Xing's relationship, Xiong Kewu finally succeeded in getting an account with Wang Zhenyu's uncle Wang Longzhong.But this is not safe. Now in China, all fools know that the youth army will inevitably rule the world, and the queues for those who are in charge are very long.If I don't fight this battle well, then it is very likely that I will say goodbye to power.Therefore, Fan Shisheng, who is not a direct descendant, is very conscious. He doesn't think Wang Zhenyu has much old love for him. What he knows is that if he can't win this position, then this teacher will be considered as the end, so he slammed Give the order of death, if you don't succeed, you will be benevolent.

Strictly speaking, the No.30 division adapted from the Dian army still recruited a large number of military school students, so the combat effectiveness itself is not bad, but the Japanese army is indeed a little too fierce.But now that the division commander has issued a death order, the regiment leader will naturally carry it out unceremoniously.The supervisory team was pulled out immediately, with machine guns mounted, and death squads of 500 people from each regiment rushed out without any hesitation.

At this time, because of the air strike, the artillery of the Japanese army misfired. As a result, the officers and soldiers of the 800th Division entered the trenches of the Japanese army very smoothly after paying a small price. Unarmed combat, killing is exhilarating.Because the officer issued the death order, the Japanese army's self-destructive attack method could no longer deter the officers and soldiers of the [-]th Division. They calmly shot and killed these crazy Japanese soldiers. Even after the Japanese army accidentally succeeded, the subsequent attacking troops turned a blind eye and continued. Forward.At this time, the officers and soldiers of the [-]th Division were all jealous. These Yunnan soldiers who were not much taller than the Japanese army burst out with a fighting spirit that was more fierce and fierce than the Japanese army.While commanding the troops to continue to besiege the tank brigade, Matsuura Kanwei delayed them from breaking through the line of defense, while mobilizing precious troops for reinforcements. The [-] reinforcements who had managed to get together immediately rushed towards the front line in a straight line, and they wanted to drive the youth army out of the position.At this time, it is already in a stalemate, and whoever can't support will lose.

Goddess of Luck took a look at the squadron, and at this moment, the artillery directly under the second division was finally in place, and a burst of fire covered it, directly interrupting the Japanese army's backup, and pieces of Japanese soldiers were captured by this The metal storm harvested lives, and many Japanese soldiers lost control of themselves in the violent explosion, and their bodies rose into the air and landed heavily.Then a large number of infantry rushed into the position like a tide, and helped the death squads wipe out the remaining Japanese troops. After 9 minutes, the tiger flag was successfully planted on the top of the Japanese position.

Kanwei Matsuura had no choice but to realize that this battle was likely to be lost. He was not afraid of death, but the Ninth Division could not be lost in his hands.He immediately issued an order to retreat. Except for some Japanese troops who were ordered to retreat, more than 6000 Japanese troops organized by Matsuura fled towards Linzi.At this time, the tank brigade had already opened up the direction of the entire Japanese army, and collided with Matsuura. After a scuffle, Matsuura fled away with [-] people.

After just over four hours of fighting, by 12 pm on December 11, the main force of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army was defeated. When the Ninth Division lost most of its equipment and finally fled back to Linzi, there were less than 1 people left. .

In the battle of Zichuan, the Japanese army killed 9236 people, including three regiment leaders and 734 captains captured. Among them, 221 were mentally disturbed and executed by Fan Shisheng, which is said to avoid wasting food.It was also because of this behavior that Fan Shisheng was not promoted after the war, but this guy yelled all over the world that he didn't care, and killed as many devils as he could, looking like a hero.

It snowed heavily again that night, and the corpses of Japanese soldiers who were too late to be disposed of were covered in white snow and were everywhere. It was not until three days later that [-] people were mobilized to clean up the corpses that might cause the plague.

Compared with the Japanese army, the casualties of the youth army were very low. 985 soldiers were killed in battle, and the highest rank of the killed officer was the company commander. 1123 people were injured, 7 tanks were damaged, and 62 armored assault vehicles were damaged.

The victory in the Zichuan battle greatly encouraged the confidence of the frontline officers and soldiers. In Fan Shisheng's words: "The iron guys in Xiao Gu's hands are still quite easy to use. This battle is really easy."

But that's all. Bai Chongxi lost the opportunity to expand his achievements. According to the original plan, he would defeat the two main divisions of the Japanese army with the cooperation of new weapons.But obviously the result of the battle failed to achieve this goal. The result of the bloody battle was only to defeat the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army, but also failed to achieve the complete annihilation due to a mistake. This made Bai Chongxi a little annoyed.

But why not continue to expand the results?Because tanks and armored assault vehicles can't drive.In fact, these cars, like the drivers, are on the battlefield for the first time. The battlefield is full of trenches, and they are attacked from time to time, so the performance during training is naturally all invalid.Especially in the final encounter with the breakout troops of the Ninth Division, the Ninth Division went crazy. Thousands of people came to risk their lives with grenades. Not to mention the Chinese army, even the Japanese generals themselves were shocked.In this way, except for the lost ones, 80.00% of the remaining tanks and armored vehicles needed emergency repairs before they could be used again, and Bai Chongxi's original plan to drive all the Japanese troops into Jinan through a decisive battle immediately fell through.

Bai Chongxi was so angry that he scolded Gu Zhutong as a waste, and Gu Zhutong is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Anyway, he and Bai Chongxi are not in the same system, and he is Wang Zhenyu's favorite student. What you don't understand, Chief of Staff Bai, made Bai Chongxi so angry that he almost didn't order him to be arrested on the spot.

Just when Bai Chongxi was about to run away in anger, a staff officer ran in panting and said, "Report to Chief of Staff Bai, after the remnants of the Second Division and the Ninth Division, the main force of the Japanese army, retreated towards Jinan."

Bai Chongxi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately threw Gu Zhutong's disrespect into the sky: "Is it true? When did it happen?"

Chapter 461 Battle of Jinan ([-])

Many years later, military scientists have condemned Yuheng Yicheng as a pig, otherwise why didn't he organize troops to break out of Qingdao and turn to Jinan instead?

In fact, everyone misunderstood the real situation. The real situation is that Yuheng made an urgent call to Tokyo. In addition to reporting the fiasco of the Ninth Division, he asked himself to lead the Second Division and the Ninth Division to Qingdao. As for the No.11 Division The regiment continued to stick to Jinan and waited for reinforcements.Yuheng Yicheng was still intimidated by the squadron's new weapon, the combination of aircraft, tanks and submachine guns.But unfortunately, this request was rejected by the Tokyo side. They cursed Yuheng Yicheng as a waste, and then ordered Yuheng Yicheng to maintain the dignity of the imperial army, and the whole army moved to Jinan, standing firm and waiting for help.Although it was the first time for Yuheng Yicheng to lead troops into battle, he also knew that there was no difference between going to Jinan and dying at this time, but the characteristics of Japanese soldiers still forced him to obey the decision of his superiors and move to Jinan.It is said that this suggestion was put forward by Sadao Araki, on the grounds that the army gathered in Jinan, what can the Chinese army do to me?

Bai Chongxi did not report victory immediately, but ordered the troops to defend Jinan according to the scheduled plan. On December 12, with the No.14 Division entering the position, the 30 horses of the three Japanese divisions in Jinan were firmly trapped to death. In Bai Chongxi's words, unless they cross the Yellow River to break through, it will be difficult to fly with wings.Then the game has become a dead game, Bai Chongxi swiped his pen, and he won!

On December 12, the front pages of "National Daily", "Youth Army Daily", and "Shenzhen" used a headline at the same time: "Shandong Great Victory".

Huang Yuansheng, who was already the spokesperson of the National Government, wrote again: "...From December 12, my heroic young officers and soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army under the command of Generals Bai Chongxi, Jiang Fangzhen, and General Liu Xing launched a continuous fierce attack on the Japanese army. In this campaign, all the soldiers of our army fought to die first and risked their lives. The Japanese invaders who were killed were retreating steadily. Until yesterday, more than 11 Japanese troops were wiped out, and the remnants fled to Jinan. Our army of 30 has surrounded [-] remnants of the Japanese army in Jinan In the city, this battle is the first victory since the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-], and the century-old humiliation of the Chinese nation has been washed away today..."

Because Wang Zhenyu can grasp the battle report at any time, he has been excited for a long time. In a good mood, he rarely wandered from the Standing Committee Building in Tianyuan to the office area of ​​the Ministry of the Navy. A short speech, encouraging them to do good in this war.Then Wang Zhenyu had a whim, called Wang Chenhao and Chen Bulei and drove to Wang Jingye's school.

Crowds celebrating victory were everywhere along the way, and almost every merchant on the roadside hung up the five-color flag of the Republic of China with lights and festoons.Wang Zhenyu smiled at Chen Bulei: "Our national flag is really accepted by everyone at this moment, but Bui, this flag needs to be changed. Sun Wen and the others came up with this flag because of the needs of the republic of the five races. Now let Mr. Liang Qichao explain the definition of the Chinese nation so hard to come up with five ethnic groups, there is only one Chinese nation left. So, you take the lead and organize a research society for the state system and political system for me, including Yang Du and Yang Yongtai Come in, I will personally serve as the chairman, and get a bunch of well-known ones to serve as vice-chairmen, study and study carefully, ponder over the issue of the state system, the national emblem and the national anthem, the central government in Beijing is no longer necessary to continue to exist!"

Chen Bulei has been with Wang Zhenyu for more than three years, and now he has begun to learn to analyze. To cancel the five-color flag designed by Sun Wen and the others, does the appointment mean that Sun Wen should also be cancelled.However, as a secretary, he didn’t dare to ask too many questions, and he would execute whatever he ordered. What’s more, what excited Chen Bulei was this seminar. For him personally, this was the first real experience since he became a secretary. According to his understanding of Wang Zhenyu’s character , This is the rhythm of letting yourself out of the side.

In Beijing, the central government has been sentenced to death by Wang Zhenyu, and the civil servants of various ministries have no intention of going to work. Now all fools know that the pace of unification of the southern national government is unstoppable.Everyone admires people like Cao Rulin. After Duan Qirui failed last time, he joined Xu Shuzheng and others to defect to the southern national government, and his power will inevitably remain the same in the future.And those who didn't go south at the beginning are now a little panicked all day long, looking for news in these four or nine cities all day long.

In Jurentang, Zhongnanhai, Zhang Zuolin seemed to have aged dozens of years overnight, most of his hair had turned white, and his energy was gone. Except when he was smoking opium, he looked like a dead man at other times. expression.The whole person sat decadently on the small step in front of the desk and looked at the snow scene outside the door. At this time, Beijing was not polluted by later generations, and the snow scene was still very interesting.Everyone said that seeing Bai Xue would make her feel better, but Zhang Zuolin felt colder and colder the more he watched it.Although the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command are still there, and although his territory has not been reduced by an inch, the fool knows that he has lost the bet, completely and completely.

Yang Yuting and the others were standing outside the door and secretly looking at Zhang Zuolin. To be honest, no one would have imagined that the normally bullish Japanese would be so vulnerable in front of Wang Zhenyu's army.

Although the battle situation on the front line has been reported to Beijing since the [-]th, the content was vague at that time, the only thing that can be seen is that the Japanese legation is brightly lit almost every night, obviously something bad happened.

When the definite news came this morning, Zhang Zuolin, who still had a little luck in his heart, completely collapsed.But there is no other way, even the Japanese can't beat Wang Zhenyu.Moreover, Yang Yuting also received news that fierce quarrels broke out in Japan over this war.It is said that Yoshiichi Tanaka’s plan to send troops to reinforce Shandong was not approved. Prime Minister Kei Hara preferred to end the Shandong war decently, and at the same time organize Fengjun to retreat outside the customs. In a word, Japan now intends to maintain its interests in Manchuria.

In fact, in the prime minister's residence in Tokyo, Japan, Tanaka Yoshiichi told Prime Minister Hara Kyoshi angrily: "If we can't achieve a fundamental victory in Shandong, then don't talk about Manchuria, the whole mainland has nothing to do with us. What are you Wang Zhenyu Man? Is it a warlord? Does he just want a piece of land to satisfy his needs? No, this man is a real Chinese man, a nationalist. He is not a bandit like Zhang Zuolin, nor is he like Yuan Shikai He is a bureaucrat with ideals, just like you and me. What he wants is the rise of the whole of China, and this is precisely what the Great Japanese Empire cannot tolerate and allow.”

Yuan Jing patted the table angrily and said: "Then according to what you said, the army has long known the strength of the youth army, but deliberately deceived the emperor and the cabinet to send troops to Shandong, and deliberately sent only three divisions, which led to this defeat? The purpose of appointing Yuheng Yicheng is also here, if it is replaced by other imperial generals, they will definitely not rush in and be surrounded if they find something abnormal, right?"

Yuan Jing really complicated Tanaka's thinking. Didn't Tanaka know that the youth army had planes and tanks? Didn't he think that Yuheng Yicheng would fight like this?

But now, even the personal friendship with Yu Heng can't be taken care of by him.Yoshiichi Tanaka stood up suddenly and said: "Yes, the speed of development of Southern China in the past few years has scared the entire army, but you and your colleagues are still obsessed with the so-called communist system. The survival that Japan needs Space, not votes, now is the time to correct this mistake. Your Excellency, please withdraw troops from Siberia immediately, Kolchak has failed, we should cooperate with the Bolsheviks, the victors of the Russian Civil War. Then gather all the power of the empire to wipe out Southern China in the bud Status. As for me personally, I am willing to resign from the position of Prime Minister Lu and take full responsibility for this failure."

Silence, the room fell into an unprecedented silence, as if everything had stopped, as if the air had frozen.After a long time, Yuan admired Tianchang and sighed: "Mr. Tanaka, why do you soldiers always think of things so simply? Britain and France will not agree to an all-out war, and we don't have the spare energy to take care of the two battlefields. It's downright honorable." It’s time to end this war. As for the unification of China, as long as the government of South China recognizes the interests of the empire in China, then what’s the matter?”

Tanaka stared at the old man in front of him. He was angry: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, please consider the consequences. Choosing to give up the interests of the empire in China at such a moment is tantamount to betraying Japan. That is a national traitor!"

Yuan Jing was also angry when he heard this. He looked at Tanaka without fear and said: "Don't scare me, Tanaka-kun, what the Japanese people need now is rice instead of bayonets. The empire has not had a good rest since the Russo-Japanese War One day later, how can you warriors harm the interests of the entire nation in order to satisfy your own ambitions? You step down, and I will meet with Your Excellency Shan County."

Tanaka stomped his feet angrily but left helplessly. . .

Although Yuan Jing wanted to end the war decently, the two dying old guys, Shanxian and Dongxiang, disagreed.Although they also believe that continuing to fight is not good for the empire, they also insist that once the empire loses the war, the morale of the people will be hit too much. More importantly, Tanaka's analysis is not completely unacceptable. At least one thing is certain. Wang Zhenyu will definitely unify the country with a big victory.Dongxiang, who has always supported Yuan Jing, is obviously a little old and confused. He said excitedly: "Shandong is a peninsula. As long as I have the invincible Imperial Japanese Navy, we have no reason to give up this rich place. The jujubes there are very popular." It's delicious, and it broke one of my teeth last time..."

In this way, the Japanese high-level officials began to quarrel frequently, and then they came to a strange result. They neither planned when to send more reinforcements to China, nor did they say when to urge Britain and France to end the war decently.

The [-] Japanese troops besieged in Jinan City seemed to be forgotten by the big shots in Tokyo at this moment. . .

Chapter 462 Battle of Jinan ([-])

Dongjiaomin Lane, Beijing, the British Legation in China, the British Minister Zhu Erdian, who has been in charge of this country for many years, is drinking dull wine on the sofa in his study.

He had already telegraphed the battle situation in Shandong, China, to Whitehall, but twelve hours had passed, and Whitehall had not given any reply.Zhu Erdian now understood that the British Empire only had a skeleton left, and it was powerless to fight for the regional hegemony that was going on in the Far East.And myself, the historical mission of the former emperor of the Qing Empire and the Republic of China is about to end, which is nothing more than a normal thing.Since the British Empire does not need a tough diplomat to help them gain benefits, it is natural to consider changing to a milder one to safeguard vested interests.

Despite this, Zhu Erdian tried his best to cheer up, put down his wine glass, and began to write his own report. This is the basic duty that every responsible diplomat of the British Empire should perform.

"I don't hate the Chinese, but I have to be vigilant enough to this nation. Such a country that lacks integrity, has no morals, is sycophant externally, and extremely cruel internally has such a huge power in front of the world.

At one time, I hoped to control the country by controlling the top figures of the country, and the princes of the Qing Dynasty and the dignitaries of Beiyang seemed to be doing pretty well.But I failed in the end, because I ignored the biggest characteristic of this nation, that is, behind their amazing endurance, they have a self-improvement spirit that is not lost to Westerners, but if they are given a chance, they will spring up like bamboo shoots after the rain Take root and sprout and strive to grow.But now it seems that allowing them to participate in the European War has obviously given them a huge opportunity. One of their regional regimes has finally expanded to such a terrifying level that Japan, the watchdog of our British Empire, cannot stop its growth.I have to admit that as the person in charge of imperial Chinese affairs, I stayed in Beijing for too long,

I always thought that as the capital of this country, this city can already represent the whole of China.But now I realize that this city does not represent the whole of China at all. They are more like giant blood-sucking worms in this country, emitting a stench and feeling good about themselves.I ignored the southern part of China, I ignored the wisdom of the Chinese,

So we missed the opportunity to stifle the further growth and development of this country, which is my personal responsibility and I am willing to take full responsibility for it. . .But as a proud imperial diplomat, I have to make a necessary reminder to Whitehall before I leave office, we must support Japan, don't let the Chinese step out of this place, otherwise they will be the whole of Asia The new America, and the empire on which the sun never sets will also become history when such an ancient country rises, remember, remember! "

Zhu Erdian's work report finally appeared on the desk of the British Prime Minister, but it was ridiculed, because any fool can see that Japan, which has a powerful navy and tough methods, is the biggest threat to the British Empire in the Far East, and because Japan Controlling the sea power in the Far East, no matter how powerful China is, it can only be reduced to a continental country in front of Japan, just like Germany in Europe.

On December 12th, due to the lack of conclusions and solutions in Tokyo, the siege of Jinan has entered the seventh day. Yuheng Yicheng hid in the temporary underground headquarters and kept sending telegrams to Tokyo for help. It is good to know what to do.

On the first day of the siege, the Chinese squadron bombarded the entire historic city of Jinan.Naturally, the beaten Japanese army fought back immediately, and the two artillery regiments rolled up their sleeves and fired back.The results of it?The Chinese Air Force was recruited, and Yang Xianyi was undoubtedly the most prominent person in this war. The first wave of air strikes achieved great results. If the Japanese army hadn't reacted and moved the artillery positions in time, they would never have lost only thirty heavy artillery pieces.And it is more likely that the three infantry divisions will become a complete rifle division from now on.

So now facing the shelling of the Chinese army, the Japanese army can only look for bunkers to avoid, and dare not fight back at all.

It's nothing, the Chinese army didn't seem to have any plans to attack the fortifications, they were there every day to show off their industrial production capabilities, and kept throwing shells in with cannons, as if the shells were free of money.Just throw it away, the number of Japanese troops that can be killed is limited after all.The real problem was logistics. Since the Japanese army was trapped in Jinan, the entire logistics supply was cut off.Zhang Zizhong's first division did not participate in the siege, but joined forces with Sun Meiyao, and then mopped up the Japanese logistics supply troops.This made Yuheng Yicheng miserable. His Japanese army ration, which was said to be [-], was actually only [-]. It immediately changed from two rice balls a day to one rice ball every two days.What's more terrible is that due to the lack of vegetable and fruit supplies in the Japanese army, soldiers began to suffer from constipation, and finally had to use their fingers to hold each other's excrement to solve the excretion problem. . .

Seeing that the situation was not good, the nearly ten thousand Japanese troops of the three logistics regiments immediately retreated towards Qingdao. There were also more than 5 puppet troops of the three armies retreating together.As a result, in Pingdu, these people had an encounter with Zhu Peide's troops. After fighting for more than three hours, the commanders of the Zhi-Shandong Allied Army of the three armies fled first, causing the entire Japanese army to collapse. Only less than 210 Japanese troops finally entered Qingdao.Zhu Peide's troops didn't dare to pursue too much, because if they chased again, they would be bombarded by the Japanese navy. Thinking of heavy artillery with a caliber above [-] mm, it would be terrible to be hit, so Zhu Peide quickly withdrew his troops and waited for Xue Yue to come up.

So from this moment on, the Shandong battlefield was divided into two, one was in the Jinan area, and the squadrons of seven divisions trapped the three divisions of the Japanese army in the city. He can't afford to lose, so his best plan is for the Japanese to consciously starve to death.In Qingdao, the three divisions of Zhang Zizhong, Xue Yue, and Zhu Peide, who had joined forces, confronted more than 8000 defenders. They dared not attack them. After all, the black muzzles of Japanese warships were not vegetarians.The battle situation has suddenly entered a very delicate moment. For the time being, no one can do anything to anyone. It feels like a dead end. Now it depends on who will break the game.